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>> harry reid is partially right. it eaches a pretty narrow scope that he would change specifically for executive nominees, but the minority could still revoke and put in place a filibuster, so in that sense, harry reid is correct. the danger is that whenever you start changing senate rules and you have the republicans say if harry reid does it this time then the next time we are in the majority, we're going to change the rules even more and get rid of the filibuster completely. so it could set a dangerous precedent. but we have never had nominees have to wait this long as you pointed out. >> michael: or this many of them. john tester said he is not going to -- i'm sorry brian schweitzer said he is not going to run for senate in montana. there's a chance the republicans are within striking distance of taking control of the senate then would either party change their tune if those roles were reversed? >> i don't worry about whether what harry reid does sets a precedent for republicans. if they find it advantageous to c
>> harry reid is partially right. it eaches a pretty narrow scope that he would change specifically for executive nominees, but the minority could still revoke and put in place a filibuster, so in that sense, harry reid is correct. the danger is that whenever you start changing senate rules and you have the republicans say if harry reid does it this time then the next time we are in the majority, we're going to change the rules even more and get rid of the filibuster completely. so it...
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according to the "new york times," harry reid was not pleased with his honor. he told bloomberg that the campaign against blues could end up costing democrats the majority. but the numbers do seem to be on the mayor's side. in mark pryor's home state of arkansas 60% of voters support background checks. still bloomberg's aggressive approach makes him an easy villain for pro-gun politicians like rick perry. he said he would welcome any new york gun manufacturer to move to texas. and said he released this ad in new york and connecticut, slamming mayor bloomberg. the new new york sounds a lot like the old new york. higher tax bureaucrats telling you if you can even drink a big gulp. there is a place for opportunity and freedom are flourishing, and that's texas. >> michael: sure, quote, freedom may be flourishing in texas but not health care, education -- and i forget the third thing -- oh, right, common sense. joining us now from washington is david waldman, contributing editor at daily kos. he mosts the morning podcast on daily coast radio, and covers the gun cont
according to the "new york times," harry reid was not pleased with his honor. he told bloomberg that the campaign against blues could end up costing democrats the majority. but the numbers do seem to be on the mayor's side. in mark pryor's home state of arkansas 60% of voters support background checks. still bloomberg's aggressive approach makes him an easy villain for pro-gun politicians like rick perry. he said he would welcome any new york gun manufacturer to move to texas. and...
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now senate majority leader harry reid is using cruz's own words against him. they posted this video of a fox news interview cruz did in january. >> right now a lot of local jurisdictions are not reporting criminal convictions or mental health barriers, so the federal record are not as good as it should be. >> michael: he is now backtracking. the really troubling thing is that he was actually right in that interview a better background check system might have flagged aurora shooter james holmes who announced he will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. but hunters across the nation are vowing to boycott the state because of the recent gun legislation. wow. coming up on "the war room," this is your grandfather's republican party, and that's a problem. the campaign manager of young conservatives for the freedom to marry would like to see some changes to all of that and he'll join us next. plus the last time i checked the supreme court did not overturn roe v. wade, either someone forgot to tell state legislatures that or they just don't give a damn. and hate g
now senate majority leader harry reid is using cruz's own words against him. they posted this video of a fox news interview cruz did in january. >> right now a lot of local jurisdictions are not reporting criminal convictions or mental health barriers, so the federal record are not as good as it should be. >> michael: he is now backtracking. the really troubling thing is that he was actually right in that interview a better background check system might have flagged aurora shooter...
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this still needs 60 votes and harry reid has said if this proposal does not in fact get 60 votes, we will enter a number of smaller gun bills, so this is far from over. and you saw the opposition in the house. john boehner was asked whether he would bring this bill to the floor, and he said we're going to wait and see what happens. many house republicans believe it is not a problem with gun laws being too weak it's a problem with the laws we have right now not being enforced. while this is a good day for those who are looking for new legislation, this is far from over. >> michael: yeah, i can't help but agree with you on that. moving to ted cruz who do you think put pressure on cruz by the way still a freshman senator, not to have that press conference? was it inside his party? was it maybe the nra? >> that is entirely possible. ted cruz is very powerful within the conservative base. so it was probably important to not have him get up and give that press conference and say if there's any chance of a bipartisan agreement to move forward. we're certainly looking into that. >> michael:
this still needs 60 votes and harry reid has said if this proposal does not in fact get 60 votes, we will enter a number of smaller gun bills, so this is far from over. and you saw the opposition in the house. john boehner was asked whether he would bring this bill to the floor, and he said we're going to wait and see what happens. many house republicans believe it is not a problem with gun laws being too weak it's a problem with the laws we have right now not being enforced. while this is a...
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reid to address our problems. the house has acted twice and we should haven't to act a third time. >> michael: he says if the president was serious. so here is today's wrap-up then. first president obama asked governors call congress, then the leading house republican in the house calls on the senate to write the bill. thankfully we have plenty of time to figure this out, at least according to washington, d.c.'s clock. oh, wait there are only four more days. later in the program, we'll find out how president obama's sequester message is working. and chris christie has the superstorm sandy goodwill trickled down to the sequester? we're also keeping an eye own john kerry who is having his first foreign trip since taking over for hillary clinton. the main issues he is tackling include laying the ground work for a u.s./europe trade pack and stopping iran from getting a nuclear weapon. >> iron with a nuclear weapon in that region and given all that has happened is simply unacceptable. the window for a dib low mattic so
reid to address our problems. the house has acted twice and we should haven't to act a third time. >> michael: he says if the president was serious. so here is today's wrap-up then. first president obama asked governors call congress, then the leading house republican in the house calls on the senate to write the bill. thankfully we have plenty of time to figure this out, at least according to washington, d.c.'s clock. oh, wait there are only four more days. later in the program, we'll...
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yesterday harry reid introduced a bill to require background checks on anyone buying explosive powder. but it isn't just about explosives, the brother also had three guns tamerlan was somehow able to buy a gun even though he was on the federal government terrorist watch list. it's just amazing. in fact the gun bill that republicans doomed in the senate last week would have closed that loophole that we thought it was just gun shows but it's the terrorist watch list as well. and since it failed selling guns to suspected terrorists is still legal in this country. and guess who has taken notice? terrorists. al qaeda spokesman alan ghaddan today this. >> in the west you have got a lot at your disposal. let's take america as an example. america is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms. you can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle without a background check and most likely without having to show an indication card. so what are you waiting for? >> michael: and the damn senate voted to allow this to continue. it's so
yesterday harry reid introduced a bill to require background checks on anyone buying explosive powder. but it isn't just about explosives, the brother also had three guns tamerlan was somehow able to buy a gun even though he was on the federal government terrorist watch list. it's just amazing. in fact the gun bill that republicans doomed in the senate last week would have closed that loophole that we thought it was just gun shows but it's the terrorist watch list as well. and since it failed...
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i reader harry reid saying if you don't think the government is going to be shut down, give newt gingrich a call. i'm sure you can get him on the call. are they threat? >> i don't think they are, but even the fact that they would be talking about them is totally irresponsible. we remember what happened during the government shutdown wh when -- bill clinton was president and a lot of people got hurt. it's paying our bills, and republicans now suddenly to make this a political football is totally irresponsible and president obama is very correct in saying last time you got me to make a deal with you. this time no deal. debt ceiling clean as a whistle or no deal. >> michael: and it seems foolish. they keep going back to the things that don't work. i don't understand it. but like you said, keep talking about it. we keep talking about anthony weiner still in the news. a recent survey showed these results. do these mayoral scandals in any way hurt the national party, bill? >> i think they do. we talked about that one week ago. and i told you at the time, i've had it with anthony weiner. i think
i reader harry reid saying if you don't think the government is going to be shut down, give newt gingrich a call. i'm sure you can get him on the call. are they threat? >> i don't think they are, but even the fact that they would be talking about them is totally irresponsible. we remember what happened during the government shutdown wh when -- bill clinton was president and a lot of people got hurt. it's paying our bills, and republicans now suddenly to make this a political football is...
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reid was slow walking him a little bit. we got into sunday and the majority leader said i don't -- i don't really have a counteroffer i can make to you at this point. and mcconnell takes to the floor and said the majority leader is not negotiating with me so i called joe biden, and i have this nice little scene. national journal did an exhaustive reconstruction of these last few months. and mitch mcconnell is on the floor, and he is given a card that says hey there's a phone call for you. he picks up a phone in a phone booth, and it's the vice president. and he tries to persuade, joe biden, saying hey, i need a dance partner here would you come off of the sidelines. and he said you know the trip wire here. biden says let me get back to you with an offer. and that started the deal. >> jennifer: right so then it goes over, of course to the house, and it looks like at first that the house is going to say hell no! we're going to send it back to you with amendments because we don't like that you don't have spending cuts. what ha
reid was slow walking him a little bit. we got into sunday and the majority leader said i don't -- i don't really have a counteroffer i can make to you at this point. and mcconnell takes to the floor and said the majority leader is not negotiating with me so i called joe biden, and i have this nice little scene. national journal did an exhaustive reconstruction of these last few months. and mitch mcconnell is on the floor, and he is given a card that says hey there's a phone call for you. he...
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both house minority leading nancy pelosi, and senate majority leader harry reid today said the president should step in and exert his executive power to win the debt ceiling fight. and senator chuck schumer said that going forward the democrats would be tough in feeling with the obstructionist republicans. >> if they realize for sure that they are not going to have a negotiating partner, they will have to find another route to bring the changes they want. >> jennifer: no negotiations, no partnership, smart thinking but perhaps the most unlikely voice of reason today was former house speaker newt gingrich. he called on house republicans to stop playing politics with the economy. newt gingrich. >> they have got to find in the house a totally new strategy. the whole national financial system is going to come into washington by television and say oh, my god this will be a giant heart attack, you guys can't be responsible and they will cave. >> jennifer: newt gingrich the voice of reason. for more i'm joined from washington by representative eleanor holmes norton from the district of columbia
both house minority leading nancy pelosi, and senate majority leader harry reid today said the president should step in and exert his executive power to win the debt ceiling fight. and senator chuck schumer said that going forward the democrats would be tough in feeling with the obstructionist republicans. >> if they realize for sure that they are not going to have a negotiating partner, they will have to find another route to bring the changes they want. >> jennifer: no...
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when you think of glitz and celebrity, the first person you think of isn't harry reid, who has been in the news a lot lately. you wrote he has the magnatism of a dried snail, but yet is the most effective people in washington, d.c. what do you think his secret is? >> a lot of people who read the book has said that reid is one of the anti-heros, because of his indifference to being on tv he actually -- he is kind of a gym rat. all he wants to be in charge, and get 50.0001% of the vote in nevada and outsource the rest to everyone else. reid has been very very effective. he does not care what people think about him, which makes him very unique around here. >> michael: and also his effectiveness comes in a way that a lot of people wouldn't think you could still be effective in washington, which i think is fascinating. what would you tell a young person who is arriving to d.c. now? how do you hold on to your soul and still be in this business in this town? >> that's a great question other than reading this book. [ laughter ] >> michael: you can say it again. >> yeah read the book. one of th
when you think of glitz and celebrity, the first person you think of isn't harry reid, who has been in the news a lot lately. you wrote he has the magnatism of a dried snail, but yet is the most effective people in washington, d.c. what do you think his secret is? >> a lot of people who read the book has said that reid is one of the anti-heros, because of his indifference to being on tv he actually -- he is kind of a gym rat. all he wants to be in charge, and get 50.0001% of the vote in...